John Henry Countess (1850-1903)

John Henry Countess was born on 15 February 1850 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware. He died on 13 June 1903 in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware of appendicitis. He is buried in Riverview Cemetery in Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware. He married Louisa E. Wilkinson on 21 April 1871 in Chester, Delaware, Pennsylvania.

John Henry Countess' death certificate

The Evening Journal, 13 June 1903

Early this morning, John Countiss, age 55 years, unable to withstand the effects of an operation which he underwent last Wednesday at the Homeopathic Hospital, died at that institution. He is survived by a wife and two children.

PARENTS
James H. Countess
Hannah Ann Perkins

SPOUSE
Louisa E. Wilkinson

CHILDREN
James Henry Countess
Lulu Ethel Countess
Edith Wilkinson Countess

Katie Countess

SOURCES

• 1850 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
• 1860 census, Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware
• 1900 census, Wilmington Hundred, Precinct 56 Wilmington City Ward 7, New Castle, Delaware
• Find A Grave
• The Evening Journal (Wilmington, New Castle, Delaware), 13 June 1903